Endeavour, Saskatchewan

{{Other uses|Endeavour (disambiguation){{!}}Endeavour}}

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Endeavour (2016 population: {{nts|65}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334 and Census Division No. 9. It is on the west bank of the Lilian River. The Endeavour railway station receives Via Rail service, as well the village can be accessed via Highway 9.

{{Adjacent stations|system=Via Rail|line=Winnipeg-Churchill|left=Reserve|right=Sturgis|header2=Former services{{anchor|Endeavour station}}|system3=Canadian National Railway

|line3=Regina-Hudson Bay Junction|left3=Usherville|right3=Ushta

|to-left3=Hudson Bay Junction|to-right3=Regina}}

History

Endeavour incorporated as a village on April 29, 1953.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}} The community, originally named Annette, was renamed Endeavour after the first attempted commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 1930.{{Cite web|title=I 1900 and Before - 8|url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/275085/rec/19|access-date=2021-02-02|website=cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org|language=en}}

Demographics

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| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020}}

|1981|199

|1986|191

|1991|173

|1996|173

|2001|154

|2006|118

|2011|94

|2016|65

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Endeavour had a population of {{val|75|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|42|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|60|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:75-65}}|65|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|65|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|75|1|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Endeavour recorded a population of {{nts|65}} living in {{nts|34}} of its {{nts|45}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:65-94}}|65|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|94}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.99|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|65|0.99|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 30, 2020}}

In pop-culture

A feature on Mars was named for the village: the crater Endeavour,{{cite web |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14501 |work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |title=Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Endeavour on Mars |access-date=2016-02-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2008/09-30-mer-update.html |author=A.J.S. Rayl |title=Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Embarks on New Endeavour, Spirit Gets Back To Normal Schedule |date=2008-09-30 |access-date=2016-02-14 |work=The Planetary Society}} which the rover Opportunity has been investigating since 2011.

Johnny Cash makes reference to Endeavour in his song 'The Girl in Saskatoon': "I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay."